diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadata.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadata.java
index b7a272867..3bca9a2d1 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadata.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadata.java
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public class DefaultQueryMetadata implements QueryMetadata, Cloneable {
     @Override
     public QueryMetadata clone() {
         try {
+            addLastJoin();
             DefaultQueryMetadata clone = (DefaultQueryMetadata) super.clone();
             clone.exprInJoins = copyOf(exprInJoins);
             clone.groupBy = copyOf(groupBy);
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ public class DefaultQueryMetadata implements QueryMetadata, Cloneable {
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (o instanceof QueryMetadata) {
+            addLastJoin();
             QueryMetadata q = (QueryMetadata)o;
             return q.getFlags().equals(flags)
                 && q.getGroupBy().equals(groupBy)
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ public class DefaultQueryMetadata implements QueryMetadata, Cloneable {
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
+        addLastJoin();
         return Objects.hashCode(flags, groupBy, having, joins, modifiers,
                 orderBy, params, projection, unique, where);
     }
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadataTest.java b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadataTest.java
index faeead084..5cbdc390a 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadataTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/DefaultQueryMetadataTest.java
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ public class DefaultQueryMetadataTest {
         assertTrue(metadata.isUnique());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void JoinShouldBeCommitted() {
+        DefaultQueryMetadata md = new DefaultQueryMetadata();
+        md.addJoin(JoinType.DEFAULT, str);
+        DefaultQueryMetadata emptyMetadata = new DefaultQueryMetadata();
+        assertFalse(md.equals(emptyMetadata));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void Clone() {
         metadata.addJoin(JoinType.DEFAULT, str);